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The preseason Amway Coaches Poll came out Thursday, and four Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 10.. No. 2 Ohio State leads the way, while reigning Big Ten champ Penn State comes in at No. 6. No. 9 Michigan and No. 10 Wisconsin round out the top 10.

Ara Parseghian coached the Wildcats from 1956-63, going 36-35-1 with winning marks from 1958-60 and 1962-63 after coaching his alma mater, Miami (Ohio), from 1951-55. No NU coach has left Evanston with a winning record since Parseghian departed after the 1963 season.

It’s August. And that means just one thing: The college football season is closer. Anticipation builds as pundits pontificate on what they think will unfold. I checked in with one of BTN’s top analysts, former Iowa quarterback Chuck Long, to get his views on a variety of subjects.

The Big Ten Conference revealed a breakdown of all 14 schools’ opponents for the 2017-18 Big Ten men’s basketball season on Monday. Conference teams will compete in an 18-game conference schedule, playing five teams both home and away and eight teams once.

Rutgers will be a Homecoming opponent three times, more than any other school as the Scarlet Knights play at Nebraska, at Michigan and at Penn State. Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Michigan will be Homecoming foes two times apiece. Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern and Ohio State are not Homecoming foes.

Has it really been 22 years since Northwestern stunned the football world, won the Big Ten and played in the Rose Bowl? Don't be shocked if the Wildcats win the Big Ten this year. At the very least, this team has a good shot to win the West and play in the Big Ten title game.

Ask any coach, and he’ll tell you: It’s not who you play, it’s when you play them. And if you’re playing a series of hot teams in succession, it could torpedo your season. Having typed that, here are seven of the toughest stretches of games Big Ten teams must play.

The Big Ten's best players were in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday for 2017 Big Ten Football Media Days. As BTN.com does every year, we conducted a player survey that included a respondent from all 14 schools.